The site had a fortification by the 13th century, and the château is first mentioned in an act of 1221. The Simon family built the central tower in 1480. Roberto Bernard Salviati bought the estate in 1517 and requested fortifications, which were approved in 1520. The article calls the building predominantly Renaissance but strongly medieval in character, largely because of the tower.
The plan has a central square tower and two wings around a courtyard with a well. A fire destroyed the west wing in 1723. In the 1780s the Burgeat family enlarged the first-floor windows and modernized the interiors, which are preserved.
The article says the Conference of Talcy was held here on June 28 and 29, 1572. The state has owned the château since 1933, and it was registered as a Historical Monument in 1906.
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